Month: October 2018

Prime minister seeks to quell growing frustration over EU withdrawal negotiations by highlighting ‘important progress’ Via: Brexit withdrawal agreement '95% complete', Theresa May to tell MPs

Some 4.7 billion plastic straws, 316 million plastic stirrers and 1.8 billion plastic-stemmed cotton buds are used in England each year Via: Plastic straws and cotton buds could be banned from next year in bid to tackle ocean pollution

Cross-party committee says ‘much stronger action’ needed to tackle domestic violence in UK Via: Paid leave for domestic abuse victims could 'save lives', say MPs

Exclusive: Government urged to investigate ‘bigger issue than Grenfell’ as defects identified in more than 41,000 flats Via: Hundreds of tower blocks across UK at risk of collapse, say experts

Charities tackling hunger could save Britain £500m a year if they had capacity, finds reportThe collection and redistribution of edible food by the UK’s largest charity tackling hunger – and that would otherwise go to waste – saves the UK economy some £51m every year, according to an independent report Read more…

Letter from MPs, journalists and employees demands action on Dame Laura Cox’s recommendations MPs, parliamentary staff and journalists have added to pressure on the House of Commons commission to enact the key recommendations of a recent report on bullying and harassment in parliament.In an open letter, 80 signatories urged the Read more…